I had a kidney transplant!

Gimme yo' kidney!

Bruising from one of the nurses accidentally blowing my arteriovenus fistula (joined artery and vein for dialysis.)

I got the call at silly o'clock in the morning and it took me a bit to get to the transplant hospital. I am British and this is Addenbrooke's hospital

Couple of hours post surgery. I got to the hospital around 5am in the morning but pre-op stuff took us a couple of hours and I didn't get into surgery until 8.20am and came out just before 2pm

This is JUST the morning dose of meds.

Bruising from blood tests. LOTS AND LOTS OF BLOOD TESTS. :O

About to be discharged after a week! :D

Not sure why this is down here but here I am sitting upright, receiving oxygen therapy for post op mild pneumonia.

A month's supply of meds. Some of them I will be able to stop taking altogether eventually.

I was diagnosed with chronic renal failure at 26 without any warning. I ended up in hospital where I was told my kidney function had dropped to 3% and I would need dialysis which I started on that same week. There was never any obvious symptoms until I started getting really dizzy due to low blood pressure. ANYWAY that was a bit over a year and half ago and then I got the call for transplant on 25/1/17. I was very lucky to get a good match and for the kidney to be viable on the first call (some people can be called in a few times and have the kidney not be viable before they get one that is) and I was also extremely lucky that my wait was not at all that long. I was originally told I may have to wait for up to 3 or 4 years to find a match. I was also told that there may be delayed function in the transplant kidney and it may take a couple of weeks for it to kick in. I never had to wait as my function started improving on the third day. ANYWAY, my purpose of this post is to try and convince people to sign up for organ/blood product donation because I was one of the fortunate ones and a lot of people die while waiting for an organ transplant. I still plan on donating my viable organs if I am able to.
Related fact: They don't actually take out your own kidney for a transplant so I actually have three kidneys now.
tl;dr: I had renal failure, I had a kidney transplant, I want you guys to consider signing up to the blood (products) and/or organ donor register. I actually have three kidneys now. Yes, I am aware that the photos aren't very attractive but idgaf.
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